🪆The Woman in The Pawnshop is an angst, emotional, sexy ride from beginning to end!🪆

   "Whether he was willing to admit it or not, there was just some sort of flame between us. Not a spark. That wasn't right. It went deeper than that. More like... like the slow, crackling fire of a hearth at home." 

Jessica Gadziala's The Woman in The Pawn Shop is SUBLIME. Alara and Christopher are one of my favorite couples this year, always proving for me at least that it's The Costas every time!! 

The angst, the heartbreak, the family separation for both Alara and Christopher which I think helped draw them to each other? It is absolutely magical.

For someone that supposedly doesn't like children, Alara is perfection with Char and Liam. There were two scenes with the kids that brought me to tears. I won't ruin them for you, but these are not babies - they're  just kiddos that have been through a lot. Alara's empathy, and even Christopher's , is so absolutely necessary it is just a beautiful feeling of warmth between them that helps to create this found family. Even while Christopher is fighting it with his whole heart.

Christopher, arriving at Enz's this dark night, and then spilling all to his Capo - it's already obvious he's THE GUY. He's amazing with his niblings, even when he's frustrated, he's warm and funny with Alara from their very first meeting - but when he shuts her down? I actually cried y'all. 

The suspense in The Woman in The Pawn Shop is harrowing. I really thought it was going one way with one customer, then it went another - I had two almost jump scares, and I haven't had a book get me like that in months. 

The customers selling their most cherished and beloved items, and how many things took Alara right back to her growing up years with her sister Ezzy at the laundromat, and her poor parents losing so many things that were important to them there. This scenario is thankfully not something I've gone through in years, but at one time it was very familiar to me and it broke my heart for them all over again.

Alara at one point complains about basically being a hard a$$ to Christopher, and he is achingly gentle as he tells her that there's nothing wrong with her. She's not hard, she's just intentional with who she gives her time to and it was an incredibly beautiful piece of writing.

The epilogue was super sweet, and stopped on a special point between Charlotte and someone, so I am hoping that she will have her own book, and of course Liam as well!

If mobsters and snarky women with a little bit of stalker-esque qualities are your jam then The Woman in The Pawn Shop will definitely be one of your favorites, and as always you can read this as a stand alone or start with The Costas. You can even go all the way back to the very beginning with The Navesink Bank Henchmen and Reign.

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